Scientists have established what could be considered a baseline map of annual avian functional and species diversity patterns in the U.S., finding that functional diversity patterns in the West, where ...

Researchers have found that loud sounds and bright lights from large cities are affecting birds' sleeping patterns. A study published in the Royal Society analyzed the behavior of 13 adult common ...

A study by the University of Vienna and Anglia Ruskin University challenges this belief. Female birds do sing, and in many ...

A recent study on social bird behavior has found that more sociality in birds may confer to reduced competition in interactions between and among bird species. The findings, published on March 1 in ...

Experts are sounding the alarm after noticing unusual shifts in bird migration and survival strategies. They say the changes connect directly to rising global temperatures. A recent report from NBC ...

The rain might make us all a bit miserable, but it can have catastrophic influences on relationships—between birds. A small species of bird known as the Seychelles warbler, which live exclusively on ...

Instinct does play a role in nest-building, but so much more seems to be involved. Entwined with instinct are reason, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – There is much more to avian biodiversity in the United States than the number of different species living in a given region or community, but the diversity of birds’ ecosystem ...